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This is a guest post by Brian Bulkowski, CTO and co-founder of Aerospike, a leading clustered NoSQL database, has worked in the area of high performance commodity systems since 1989.
This blog post will tell you exactly how to build a multi-terabyte high throughput datacenter server. A fast, reliable multi-terrabyte data tier can be used for recent behavior (messages, tweets, plays, actions), or anywhere that today you use Redis or Memcache.
You need to know:
- Which SSDs work
- Which chassis work
- How to configure your RAID cards
Intel’s SATA solutions – combined with a high capacity storage server like the Dell R720xd and a host bus adapter based on the LSI 2208, and a Flash optimized database like Aerospike, enables high throughput and low latency.
In a wide configuration, with 12 to 20 drives per 2U server, individual servers can cost-effectively serve at high throughput with 16T at $2.50 per GB with the s3700, or $1.25 with the s3500. Other SSD offerings – from Crucial (Micron) and Samsung (S843) – are at other densities and price-performance points.
This is in-memory computing at a stunningly new, accessible price level – but there are some details you need to know...
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